Arched Bra wire

ABSTRACT

An arched bra wire is formed by bending a steel wire, the whole bra wire is in the shape of an arc, the bra wire comprises a first part facing towards the middle part of the bra and a second part deviating from the middle part of the bra, the first part and the second part are inclined plane sections, an arc-shaped section is arranged between the first part and the second part, and the improvement is that at least part of the arc-shaped section is arched to the outer side of the bra for being in the shape of the arc. The arc-shaped arching of the bra wire aims at matching with the breastbone shape of the human body and the bra part supported by the bra wire is also in the shape of the arc.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to the field of female underwear and swimsuits, inparticular to an arched bra wire, which is more in line with the breastshape of a woman and has higher comfort degree and shaping aesthetics.

As for existing bras, corsets and other female underwear, in order torealize better shaping, semi-circular bra wires are usually lined belowcups. The earliest 2D bra wire was formed by bending a planar steelwire, the whole bra wire was arranged on the same plane, and the brawire was not designed against the breast shape of a human body, therebybeing uncomfortable to wear and being not ideal in shaping effect. Inorder to improve the comfort degree and the shaping effect of the brawires, many underwear manufacturers perform various improvements on thebra wires.

The existing improvement measures are mainly as follows: such as Chinesepatent in the patent number of 200710029877.3, European patentapplication in the application number of 10190066.0, Japanese patentapplication in the application number of 2011-116083 and U.S. patent inthe application number of Ser. No. 12/942,764 about the technologies ofthe 3D bra wires, in the technologies, the flat steel wires constitutingthe bra wires have uniform oblique angles, thereby being more in linewith the chest shapes of the human bodies. There are still Chinesepatents in the patent numbers of 200420095198.8 and 20112006111.5respectively about the bra wires, the bra wires are twisted to befurther in line with the bodies and have higher comfort degree.

The improvements of the above-mentioned bra wires are mainly focused onthe improvement in the comfort degree and aim at enabling the bra wiresto be more in line with the chest curves of the human bodies andimproving the comfort degree regardless of setting angles or performingtwisting. In the aspect of shaping, there is no significant improvement.Furthermore, the improvements of the bra wires mainly consider thematching between the bra wires and the breast curves; however, duringthe process of wearing the bras, the bra wires are mainly jointed withthe chest bones of the human bodies and supported by breastbones, andthe discomfort caused by wearing of the bras is mainly from the frictionbetween the bra parts supported by the bra wires and the bones. But theexisting bra wires are not designed according to the shape of the bonesof the human bodies, and the comfort degree still needs to be improved.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention aims at overcoming the deficiencies in the prior art andprovides an arched bra wire, which is more in line with the breast shapeof a woman, in particular to the breastbone shape, and has highercomfort degree and shaping aesthetics.

The invention can realize the above purpose through the followingtechnical scheme:

The invention designs the bra wire for the bra, which is used for beingembedded on the lower edge of a bra cup for playing a supporting roleand is formed by bending a steel wire, the whole bra wire is in theshape of an arc, the bra wire comprises a first part facing towards themiddle part of the bra and a second part deviating from the middle partof the bra, the first part and the second part are inclined planesections, an arc-shaped section is arranged between the first part andthe second part, and the improvement is that at least part of thearc-shaped section is arched to the outer side of the bra for being inthe shape of the arc. Breastbones below breasts of a human body areshaped like arcs, the arc-shaped arching of the bra wire aims atmatching with the breastbone shape of the human body and the bra partsupported by the bra wire is also in the shape of the arc; in such away, after the bra is worn, the bra can be completely matched with theouter profile of the human body below the breasts and be close to thehuman body, and has maximal comfort degree. The arc-shaped part of thebra wire which is arched to the outer side of the bra for forming theshape of the arc can provide an upward support force after the bra isworn, thereby having higher supporting effect for the breast of thehuman body, enabling the bra to have greater rigidity for bearing thebreast of the woman, enabling the breast to have greater stereoscopiceffect and further achieving the better shaping purpose.

According to different profiles of the human bodies and the differentrequired shaping effects, the highest point of the arch of thearc-shaped section is 2-15 mm higher than the lowest point of the otherparts. The higher the arch, the more nature and the more obvious theshaping effect. However, in order to consider the comfort degree inwearing at the same time, the optimal scheme is that the highest pointof the arch of the arc-shaped section is 4-10 mm higher than the lowestpoint of the other parts.

After the shaping effect is achieved, in order to further improve thecomfort degree in wearing the bra, the steel wire for constituting thebra wire is made to be flat, for example the bra wire can be flatlyplaced on a desktop, we can see that a plane is formed at the bottompart of the first part and the second part, the middle part of thearc-shaped section is arched to be in the shape of the arc relative tothe plane, and the two sides are in smooth transition with the firstpart and the second part.

After the bra is worn, the bra supported by the first part and thesecond part of the bra wire is close to the human body on the inner sideand the outer side of the breast, thereby enabling the bra to have thelarger contact area with the surface of the human body and having highercomfort degree in wearing. The cross section of the steel wire isregular; seen from the cross section, the bottom surface of the firstpart and the second part are positioned on the same plane. If the brawire is flatly placed on the desktop, the bottom surfaces of the firstpart and the second part are close to the desktop, and the arc-shapedsection is arched upwards for being away from the desktop by a certaindistance.

Of course, the steel wire for constituting the bra wire can also have acertain oblique angle, namely the cross section of the steel wire isrectangular; seen from the cross section, the first part, the secondpart and the arc-shaped section have the same oblique angles. Or seenfrom the cross section, at least part of the steel wire has the obliqueangle.

As the bra part supported by the arc-section section needs to be closeto the breast shape, and the human body which is close to the bra partsupported by the first and the second parts on the two sides is similarto the plane, so that the optimal embodiment of the invention is thatonly the arc-shaped section part has the oblique angle which is in linewith the bra shape, and the first and the second parts are planar and insmooth transition with the arc-shaped section. In such a way, when thebra is worn, the first and the second parts are extruded by the breast,thereby enabling the arc-shaped section to upwarp, providing an upwardsupport force for the bra and having the shaping effect.

According to the different specifications of the bras, such as thedifferent types like ½ cup or ¾ cup and the like, or different sizeslike A/B/C/D cup and the like, the oblique angle can be 20-70 degrees,and the optimal oblique angle can be selected from 38±4 degrees or 26±6degrees or 55±2 degrees or 65±2 degrees.

Compared with the prior art, the arched bra wire designed by the patenthas higher shaping ability and can keep the comfort degree in wearing ofthe existing 2D or 3D bra wire. The bra can be close to the breastboneshape of the human body to the greatest extent, under the stress of anatural curve of the human body, the bra can realize the effects ofnaturally shaping and being comfortable to wear and be more in line withthe design of ergonomics. The arched bra wire has prominent substantivecharacteristics and notable progress, as well as creativity.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of structure of embodiment 1;

FIG. 2 is a plane view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional perspective view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of structure of embodiment 2;

FIG. 6 is a plane view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a side view of FIG. 5;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of A2-A2 section of FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of A3-A3 section of FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram of A1-A1 section of FIG. 5;

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram of structure of embodiment 3;

FIG. 12 is a plane view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 13 is a side view of FIG. 11;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of B2-B2 section of FIG. 11;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of B3-B3 section of FIG. 11;

FIG. 16 is a schematic diagram of B1-B1 section of FIG. 11;

FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of matching between bra wires in usingstate with human body;

FIG. 18 is a schematic diagram of matching between bra in normal statewith human body;

FIG. 19 is a schematic diagram of matching between bra in motion statewith human body.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In combination of the figures and the embodiments, the invention isfurther described as follows.

Embodiment 1

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, an arched bra wire is used for being embeddedon the lower edge of a bra cup for playing a supporting role (only oneis shown in the figures) and is formed by bending a steel wire, thewhole bra wire is in the shape of an arc, the bra wire comprises a firstpart 1 facing towards the middle part of the bra and a second part 2deviating from the middle part of the bra, the first part 1 and thesecond part 2 are inclined plane sections, an arc-shaped section 3 isarranged between the first part 1 and the second part 2, and at leastpart of the arc-shaped section 3 is arched to the outer side of the brafor being in the shape of the arc. As shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, thehighest height d of the arc-shaped arch at the middle of the arc-shapedsection 3 is 5 mm.

From FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, we can see that the steel wire for constitutingthe bra wire is made to be flat, a plane is formed at the bottom part ofthe first part 1 and the second part 2, the middle part of thearc-shaped section 3 is arched to be in the shape of the arc relative tothe plane by pressing through an arc surface mold, and the two sides ofthe arc-shaped section 3 are in smooth transition with the first part 1and the second part 2 .From FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, we can still see thatalthough the arc-shaped section 3 is arched, the flat steel wire is nottwisted.

Embodiment 2

As shown in FIGS. 5-7, an arched bra wire is used for being embedded onthe lower edge of a bra cup for playing a supporting role (only one isshown in the figures) and is formed by bending a steel wire, the wholebra wire is in the shape of an arc, the bra wire comprises a first part11 facing towards the middle part of the bra and a second part 21deviating from the middle part of the bra, the first part 11 and thesecond part 21 are inclined plane sections, an arc-shaped section 31 isarranged between the first part 1 and the second part 2, and at leastpart of the arc-shaped section 31 is arched to the outer side of the brafor being in the shape of the arc. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, thehighest height dl of the arc-shaped arch at the middle of the arc-shapedsection 31 is 8 mm.

From the sectional views of FIG. 8-FIG. 10, we can see that the steelwire constituting the bra wire is flat, the steel wire has an obliqueangle a1, from the figures, we can see that the first part 11, thesecond part 21 and a third part have the same oblique angles a1, and theangle of each oblique angle al is 35 degrees.

Embodiment 3

As shown in FIGS. 11-13, a bra wire is used for being embedded on thelower edge of a bra cup for playing a supporting role (only one is shownin the figures) and is formed by bending a steel wire, the whole brawire is in the shape of an arc, the bra wire comprises a first part 12facing towards the middle part of the bra and a second part 22 deviatingfrom the middle part of the bra, the first part 12 and the second part22 are inclined plane sections, an arc-shaped section 32 is arrangedbetween the first part 1 and the second part 2, and at least part of thearc-shaped section 32 is arched to the outer side of the bra for beingin the shape of the arc. As shown in FIGS. 11 and 13, the highest heightd2 of the arc-shaped arch at the middle of the arc-shaped section 32 is10 mm.

From the sectional views of FIG. 14-FIG. 16, we can see that only thearc-shaped section part 32 has the oblique angle a2 which is in linewith the bra shape, a2 is 54 degrees, and the first part 12 and thesecond part 22 are shaped like planes without the oblique angles and insmooth transition with the arc-shaped section 32.

The using process of the bra wire is as shown in FIGS. 17-19, when thebra 6 is worn on a body 4, the bra wires 5 are arranged in channels 61on the lower edges of the cups of the bra 6 by penetration for playingthe supporting role for the breasts 41. According to the anatomicalcharacteristics of the human body, the chest cavity which is formed byarc-shaped breastbones is in the positions on the lower sides of thebreasts, and the chest cavity is in bilateral symmetry, thereby enablingthe body 4 to be in the shape of the arc, which is in bilateral symmetryslightly. As for the bra wire structure as shown in the embodiments, asthe arc-shaped section part comprises the arc-shaped arched structure,the arc-shaped section part can be matched with the arc-shaped surfaceof the body 4 on the lower side of the breast 41, which is as shown inFIG. 17. Particularly, the two sides of the arc-shaped section with theoblique angle, which is as described in Embodiment 3, are in smoothtransition with the planar first part and the second part, thereby beingfurther in line with the planar breastbones on the two sides of thebreast 41 of the human body 4.

As shown in FIG. 18, the bra supported by the bra wires in the structurecan completely fit with the curve of the human body; as shown in adotted line curve in the figure, the bra wires are more in line with thedesign of ergonomics and the wearing of the bra is more comfortable.Furthermore, even in motion process, the bra using the bra wires canensure that the bra can fit with the curve of the human body; as shownin the dotted line curve in FIG. 19, the bra can not deform or displacedue to strenuous exercises.

On the other hand, the bra using the arched bra wires can fully supportthe body through the bra wires, thereby having higher supporting force,having higher breast shaping effect, enabling the breasts of a user tohave greater three-dimensional property and further showing theaesthetic curve of a woman.

What is claimed is:
 1. An arched bra wire, which is used for beingembedded on the lower edge of a bra cup for playing a supporting roleand is formed by bending a steel wire, the whole bra wire is in theshape of an arc, the bra wire comprises a first part facing towards themiddle part of the bra and a second part deviating from the middle partof the bra, the first part and the second part are inclined planesections, an arc-shaped section is arranged between the first part andthe second part, and the bra wire is characterized in that at least partof the arc-shaped section is arched to the outer side of the bra forbeing in the shape of the arc.
 2. The bra wire for the bra according toclaim 1, characterized in that the highest point of the arch of thearc-shaped section is 2-15 mm higher than the lowest point of the otherparts.
 3. The bra wire for the bra according to claim 2, characterizedin that the highest point of the arch of the arc-shaped section is 4-10mm higher than the lowest point of the other parts.
 4. The bra wire forthe bra according to claim 1, characterized in that the steel wire forconstituting the bra wire is made to be flat, the middle part of thearc-shaped section is arched to be in the shape of the arc relative tothe plane, and the two sides of the arc-shaped section are in smoothtransition with the first part and the second part.
 5. The bra wire forthe bra according to any one of claim 1, characterized in that the crosssection of the steel wire is rectangular, seen from the cross section,the bottom surfaces of the first part and the second part are arrangedon the same plane.
 6. The bra wire for the bra according to any one ofclaim 1, characterized in that the cross section of the steel wire isrectangular, seen from the cross section, the first part, the secondpart and the arc-shaped section have the same oblique angles.
 7. The brawire for the bra according to any one of claim 1, characterized in thatseen from the cross section, at least part of the steel wire has anoblique angle.
 8. The bra wire for the bra according to claim 7,characterized in that only the arc-shaped section part has the obliqueangle which is in line with the bra shape, and the first and the secondparts are planar and in smooth transition with the arc-shaped section.9. The bra wire for the bra according to claim 7, characterized in thatthe oblique angle is 20-70 degrees.
 10. The bra wire for the braaccording to claim 9, characterized in that the oblique angle is 38±4degrees or 26±6 degrees or 55±2 degrees or 65±2 degrees.